Romeo and Juliet
Act V - Scene III
PARIS
Act V - Scene III
PARIS
Sweet flower, with
flowers thy bridal bed I strew,--
O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones;--
O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones;--
Enter ROMEO
ROMEO
Thou detestable maw,
Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open,
And, in despite, I'll cram thee with more food!
Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open,
And, in despite, I'll cram thee with more food!
Opens the tomb
PARIS
This is that banish'd
haughty Montague,
That murder'd my love's cousin, with which grief,
It is supposed, the fair creature died.
That murder'd my love's cousin, with which grief,
It is supposed, the fair creature died.
Comes forward
ROMEO
Tempt not a desperate
man;
Fly hence, and leave me: Put not another sin upon my head,
By urging me to fury: O, be gone!
Fly hence, and leave me: Put not another sin upon my head,
By urging me to fury: O, be gone!
PARIS
ROMEO
Wilt thou provoke me?
then have at thee, boy!
They fight
PARIS
O, I am slain!
Falls
If thou be merciful,
Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet.
Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet.
Dies
ROMEO
Mercutio's kinsman,
noble Paris!
Am I mad, hearing him talk of Juliet,
I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave;
For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes
This vault a feasting presence full of light.
Am I mad, hearing him talk of Juliet,
I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave;
For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes
This vault a feasting presence full of light.
Laying PARIS in the tomb
O my love! my wife!
Death hath had no power yet upon thy beauty:
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
For fear of that, I still will stay with thee;
And never from this palace of dim night
Depart again: here, here will I remain
With worms that are thy chamber-maids; O, here
Will I set up my everlasting rest.
Eyes, look your last!
Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you
The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss
Here's to my love!
Death hath had no power yet upon thy beauty:
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
For fear of that, I still will stay with thee;
And never from this palace of dim night
Depart again: here, here will I remain
With worms that are thy chamber-maids; O, here
Will I set up my everlasting rest.
Eyes, look your last!
Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you
The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss
Here's to my love!
Drinks
Thy drugs are quick.
Thus with a kiss I die.
Dies
Enter, at the other end
of the churchyard, FRIAR LAURENCE.
FRIAR LAURENCE
Fear comes upon me:
O, much I fear some ill unlucky thing.
O, much I fear some ill unlucky thing.
FRIAR LAURENCE
Romeo!
Advances
Alack, alack, what blood
is this, which stains
The stony entrance of this tomb?
The stony entrance of this tomb?
Enters the tomb
Romeo! O, pale! Who else? what, Paris too?
And steep'd in blood?
And steep'd in blood?
JULIET wakes
JULIET
O comfortable friar!
where is my lord?
I do remember well where I should be,
And there I am. Where is my Romeo?
I do remember well where I should be,
And there I am. Where is my Romeo?
Noise within
Come, come away.
Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead;
And Paris too. Come, I'll dispose of thee
Among a sisterhood of holy nun.
Come, go, good Juliet,
Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead;
And Paris too. Come, I'll dispose of thee
Among a sisterhood of holy nun.
Come, go, good Juliet,
I dare no longer stay.
JULIET
Go, get thee hence, for
I will not away.
What's here? a cup, closed in my true love's
hand?
Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end:
O he drunk all, and left no friendly drop
To help me after? I will kiss thy lips;
Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,
Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end:
O he drunk all, and left no friendly drop
To help me after? I will kiss thy lips;
Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,
Snatching ROMEO's dagger
JULIET
O happy dagger! Let me die.
Stabs herself
Falls on ROMEO's body,
and dies
